Fibroid Network UK 💙💜🇬🇧 #Fibroids

Womb Fibroids are Non Cancerous Symptomless ones don’t need treatment. UnderSkilled Drs can make issues worse by using morcellators, in minimal surgery, spreading fibroid fragments which regrow or by using Hysterectomy as 1st Choice No💊cures fibroids,💊Progestins may fuel growth

Review of Myomectomy (Fibroid Removal only Surgery) for Large & Multiple #Fibroids. Abdominal Myomectomy had better outcomes & less complications, than #Laparascopic or #Robotic Myomectomy Robotic surgery had most complications overall @TheBSGE @AAGLJMIG doi.org/10.1016/j.jmig…

There are Strong Associations of Environmental Endocrine (Hormone) Disrupting Chemicals EDCs with Fibroid Development & Severity vs only genetics. Chemicals identified include Phthalates, Parabens, Phenols, Plasticizers, Diethylstilbestrol, Pesticides, DES ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Research is progressing, to find Dietary ways to Prevent/Reduce Uterine Fibroids & research into the impact of avoiding Over Processed, foods, grown with toxic chemicals and Endocrine ( hormone ) disrupting chemicals ( #EDCs ) #Exposome #Metabolomics @ewg mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/6…

New updated #review published! 📖 Excisional #surgery versus ablative surgery for ovarian #endometrioma cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10… @CochraneLibrary

Main findings: for the surgical treatment of endometriomas, excision may be better than drainage and ablation for improving painful periods, pain during sex, the risk of endometriomas returning, and the risk of needing more surgery

So when can we start providing evidence to @The_HCPC about the leadership at #OxfordUniversityHospitals, including obstetric & midwifery leadership teams that have allowed preventable harm to flourish? 527 harmed families in the Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services group now

‘Informed choice’ @believemeithurt We want authentic informed consent. Informed choice is a misnomer when it comes to childbirth. In the U.K. we have ideologically driven antenatal messaging which undermines #InformedConsent. This needs to be addressed. #MaternitySafety

Behind every £1 of this is a mini story. The need to buy incontinence nappies. Feeding supplies for tube feeding. Syringes for giving 20 doses of medicine a day. Suction catheters to stop choking. £27bn worth of mini stories of suffering & indignity theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

When we started the #OxfordUniversityHospitals maternity campaign, I didn’t imagine I’d be having to ask Qs of the CEO of @CareQualityComm, or to have to contact Oxfordshire’s Safeguarding Boards, or have so much contact with @ThamesVP. #MaternitySafety familiesfailedbyOUH.co.uk

The Families Failed by OUH Maternity Services campaign was recently told by an ‘adviser’ that the public & media are not interested in cases on non-catastrophic harm or even near misses when we raised the harm caused by forceps. 🧵 #BirthTrauma #MaternitySafety #MaternityScandal

That is bullsh*t. Women’s bodies matter. Our continence matters. Our sexual health matters. At Oxford University Hospitals’ Trust there was a ban on elective caesareans for years which denied NHS patients the right to choose how to give birth- going against NICE guidance.

We believe this drive to reduce the caesarean rate led to more forceps deliveries- a pattern we believe is still happening today based on our families’ experiences in our campaign group of over 500 harmed families.

Too often midwives and obstetricians do not discuss the risks of forceps- including severe tearing, incontinence, nerve damage & long-term trauma- undermining #informedconsent. These are not near misses. This is not just “poor care”. They are devastating injuries.

When will @RCObsGyn ensure that caesarean thresholds are lowered & training in ventouse use is improved? Why are women in the U.K. experiencing such inhumane care at @OUHospitals @TeamOUHMat? #BirthTrauma #MaternityScandal #OxfordUniversityHospitals

I really cannot understand that forceps are still used. Here in the Netherlands they have been banned for years now and we have a lower CS rate than the UK.

Too right. Womens health matters. All of it. You can’t make an informed decision (not a choice folks- it’s a decision), if you don’t have all the info - thus making it informed. Enthusiastic use of forceps hurts women.

NHS facing ‘absolutely shocking’ £27bn bill for maternity failings in England | NHS | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

You'd think it would be more cost effective to invest in better facilities, more staff, better training and oversight and even higher pay

It took some time - but my article about birth trauma and requests for pain relief with my co authors - K Detering; C East and A Whittaker - has been published. Thanks again to the women involved in this study. …pregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11….

There is an increase in heavy mentrual bleeding with the use of Anticoagulants (Blood thinners)like #Rivaroxaban aka #Xarelto & warfarin. Patients should be Counselled on an increased Risk of a side effect of Heavier Periods. Similar issues with Setraline Zoloft @RCGP @HQIP